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  • Title: Inappropriate shock delivery by implantable cardioverter defibrillator due to electrical interference with washing machine.
    Author: Chongtham DS, Bahl A, Kumar RM, Talwar KK.
    Journal: Int J Cardiol; 2007 May 31; 118(2):e44-5. PubMed ID: 17395291.
    Abstract:
    We report a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who received an inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator shock due to electrical interference from a washing machine. This electrical interference was detected as an episode of ventricular fibrillation with delivery of shock without warning symptoms.
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